IMO that’s way off and is just parroting Nancy Pelosi’s Party of Victimhood mantra (just as obnoxious as the Republican 9/11 mantra, btw).
The Tea Party was an internal rebellion and about knocking out moderate Republicans who frequently voted with their Democrat colleagues on big ticket spending programs. The Tea Party death was a protracted fratricide - courtesy of Mitch McConnell and other Party leaders who were horrified at the collateral Party damage.
You need to remember that under President Obama, depending upon who you ask he added between 6 to 9 Trillion to the national debt. And he got plenty of help from moderate Republicans along the way - which infuriated voters.
And yes, the nation was in two wars and was trying to recover from a financial crisis.
I can assure you the Tea Party was not John Boehner’s idea.